Araceli POV"Wow, Ms. Chancey, you're amazing!"Essel said in surprise, "Thank you, Ms. Chancey! It smells so good!"The night sky became dark.After we finished eating, I took Krish and Valeria and walked to the door."Krish, Valeria, say goodbye to Mr. Lancaster."Krish said, "Mr. Lancaster, Essel, bye."Valeria pursed her lips, raised her hand, and waved."Ms. Chancey, is it okay if you come early tomorrow? That way, we can play a little longer!"Essel's eyes seemed to be as bright as stars. "Valeria, I'll go buy some more paints and paper tomorrow. Let's paint together, okay?"Valeria stared at Essel for a few seconds and nodded her head gently.Raphael said calmly, "Let me drive you guys back.""Mr. Lancaster, you really don't have to do that."I shook my head. "I'll just drive back by myself."With that, I led the two children out of the villa and pulled open the car door.I could always feel a burning
Araceli POVI spent the night tossing and turning. I didn't fall asleep until the wee hours of the morning. When the alarm clock went off, I sat up from bed tiredly.Krish, sensing that I was in a bad mood, asked worriedly, "Mommy, did you not sleep well last night?""I'm fine, just taking care of some work."I yawned."Mommy, the weather is turning cold. I got you a pair of thick socks."Krish pulled out a brand new pair of beige socks.I smiled, stroked his head, took the socks, and put them on."Thank you, Krish. These are so warm."After we finished breakfast, I took the two kids out. After I dropped the kids off at daycare, I went straight to Creaty Company.The company's new product had just been launched, so the whole company was busy. As the general manager of the company, I had more things to do.I was almost finished with the day's work by 5pm.I was torn on my way to pick up the kids from daycare.I had an a
Araceli POVI chopped vegetables slowly, and not long after, I heard footsteps.It was Raphael coming in.I lowered my eyes and continued to work."I'll do it."Raphael walked over and took the knife out of my hand."The carrots are to be diced, right?"He asked in a low voice, his eyes falling on my face.I lifted my eyes and looked at the man standing in front of me.He was wearing a black suit. He hadn't even changed and he came to ask if I needed any help.What I couldn't believe more was that he had taken the initiative to come into the kitchen.Who was he coming into the kitchen for? Essel? Valeria?Or, was it me?I pushed down the inexplicable surge of emotions and said lightly, "I was just talking to Maddox."Raphael smiled, "What were you talking about?""About Essel and Micah's mother."Raphael's hand jerked. After a few seconds, he drops the knife and looks me in the eye.Raphael's voice
Araceli POVMy heart suddenly skipped a beat.I took a deep breath and then said flatly, "Krish, Mr. Lancatser is just a partner of mine."Krish looked at me with mixed emotions in his eyes. I didn't know what he was thinking, only puzzled.He asked, "Valeria has called Mr. Lancaster daddy several times. Mommy, have you ever thought about getting together with Mr. Lancaster and making him really our daddy?"I looked at him incredulously."Krish, why would you think that?"I admitted that I probably did have a slight crush on Raphael, but so what?"Krish, I never thought about that. valeria hasn't had much exposure to the world and doesn't understand what daddy means yet. I'll take my time and tell me. I have nothing but gratitude for Mr. Lancaster."Krish said in a low voice, "Mommy, what are you going to do if Valeria's and my daddy finds us again?"I frowned slightly.I took care of the news quickly that morning, so Krish woul
Raphael POVI had only just gotten out of the car when I heard Essel's yelling from the house.I frowned slightly, a little annoyed, and pushed the door open."What's going on?"My voice was cold. I glanced at Essel and seemed to see her subconsciously shiver.There had been a bit of a problem with Royal Group over the past few days, so the entire company was in a very busy state, including me.I hadn't been home for two days.As soon as I got back, I saw Essel and Micah staring at each other. I knew they were arguing."What are you guys arguing about?"I pressed my eyebrows together and headed to the couch.Essel bit her lip and confessed, "Daddy, I know why Ms. Chancey isn't coming to our house! It's because Micah secretly attacked Ms. Chancey's company, so Ms. Chancey is worried that Micah will hurt Vallie to do it, so she decided never to come to our house again!"I frowned.It had been almost a month since Micah's atta
Araceli POVIt was slightly light.I opened my eyes with difficulty.I actually dreamed about that night five years ago again last night.I covered the dark circles under my eyes with thick concealer, washed up and then walked Krish and Valeria to daycare.I watched the kids walk in and then my phone rang.I glanced at the caller ID.An unfamiliar number.I stared at the number for a few seconds and put the call through."Is this Ms. Araceli Chancey?"An old voice came from the other end of the line.I frowned and said calmly, "Yes. May I ask who you are?""I'm Ramon's father, Robert Fleming," he said slowly, "Do you have a moment to talk to me, please?"My heart skipped a beat.My worst fears had come true after the revelation of my two children.Ramon could take a step back for the sake of the company, but the Fleming family is extraordinarily concerned about bloodline heritage, so how could they allow Ramo
Araceli POVAs soon as I heard Krish speak in such a tone, I knew that he must be about to say something very important.I dried the water from my hands, lifted my head, and said, "Let's go into the living room.""It's better not to let Valeria know about this for now." Krish took a few steps forward and handed me the paper in his hand. "Mummy, you'll know after you read this."I frowned suspiciously.I took the paper, and my heart skipped a beat when I saw the black headline.It was a "paternity report".Why did Krish have this?I took a deep breath and continued to read on.The column for "Identified by" read "Raphael Lancaster" and "Krish Chancey".My eyes snapped open.I immediately looked down, and my eyes fell on the last column."It has been determined that there is a 99.99% or greater probability that the parties are paternity."My lips trembled.I clutched the paternity report, still feeling unbelievable.Krish and Raphael?Ho
Araceli POV"I don't remember..."Essel tilted her head, thinking."My dad said my birthday will be here once summer arrives. mrs. Chancey, will you get me a birthday present?"She looked at me with some delight.Maddox said, "Ms. Essel's birthday is the first of July."I clenched my fist violently and my heart skipped a beat.Krish and Valeria's birthdays were also the first of July.That night, I gave birth to them in the warehouse.At the time, Melany watched indifferently and did not save the two children I had given birth to in the first place.Melany could never have given birth!I had already guessed the truth, but at this point I still found it unbelievable.My two children had been taken away by Melany. She gave them to Royal Pack under the pretext that they were her children, thus prompting Raphael to marry her."Essel..."I took Essel into my arms, my eyes turning red.It turned out that the two children I had initially given b